I was skeptical of the title. (Really, since it links directly to stripe.com, and with HN link title guidelines, my immediate assumption was that they'd written an obnoxious blog post.)<p>Immediate impressions:<p>1. It loads really fast!<p>2. Really dig the color palette.<p>3. Good typography and spacing for the most part.<p>4. There's some weird UI elements, like the slightly shaded background on the link just below the nav.<p>5. I like the non-device-specific screenshots, but they are pretty pixellated on my 1440p screen.<p>6. I could die happy if I never see a gears icon again.<p>7. Use of animation is a mixed bag. The hover menus are pretty and behave nicely if you intend to access them, but there should be a brief delay before they open in case I'm moving my cursor <i>past</i> them. (Preferably menus should be opened with a click/tap.)<p>8. I'm not using Stripe, so I can't really evaluate the docs as a real user. But they <i>look nice</i> and they're very readable, which is a damn sight better than most of what I'm used to seeing.<p>8 addendum. The single expand/collapse side menu is disorienting though. It creates moving targets to reduce noise.<p>8 addendum 2. Boy it was confusing that the "stripe docs" logo is two distinct links.<p>Overall very visually compelling. I'm still super impressed with how quickly things load.
I hate to be a negative person, but what is it with web designers completely ignoring accessibility? It's built in to the browser!<p>Stop removing the damn focus outlines .... <a href="http://a11yproject.com/posts/never-remove-css-outlines/" rel="nofollow">http://a11yproject.com/posts/never-remove-css-outlines/</a>